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What's your favorite kind of firework? I would say my favorite is the Grucci Gold Split Comet Shell. There are 60 comets in a 6-in. shell; when the shell breaks, they leave a golden trail. Halfway through the burn there's a small charge, which breaks up the comets into dozens of pieces. It creates a golden Milky Way effect...
...strikes me that fireworks haven't changed very much over the years. Sometimes they form a star or smiley face as they explode, but that's about as high-tech as it gets. What is the cutting edge right now in firework technology? Fourth of July fireworks are ageless. It's really a misnomer to try and get a "cutting edge." As long as it's a nice show and has a certain continuity to it, people love...
...seeing any improvements in safety? It seems the news is full of firework mishaps in the days after the Fourth. That's really a rarity in professional programs. What you're referring to is when the average person gets ahold of fireworks and, intoxicated or not - most are - plays with them. But people are starting to wise up and heed [safety] advice...
...decadence knew few bounds, with masked merrymakers streaming into casinos to gamble, partygoers indulging in illicit liaisons, and crowds calling for blood at bullfights. Today the pre-Lenten event is more family-friendly. But there's still a touch of hedonism as fancy-dress parties, concerts, fashion parades and firework displays transform the city into a vast alfresco theater. (See pictures of Italy...
...Southern Window was effectively firing the opening salvo in a debate that started the minute the closing ceremony's last firework exploded: What now for China? Will Party hard-liners, emboldened by the world's timid response to their heavy-handed pre-Games crackdown on dissent, continue to tighten their grip on power? Or will the spirit of civic activism that arose from relief efforts after the May earthquake in Sichuan be revived? Could reform-minded Party officials - like those who approved the publication of Southern Window's special issue - gain ground in their drive to ease control over areas...